Template Problem re Footer, Word 2000

[CWLee]

I'd like to modify my normal.dot template so that any
documents prepared from it will show, in the footer, the
filename but not the path. I've tried various combinations
of:

Document: { FILENAME }
Document:{ FILENAME }
Document: {FILENAME}
etc.

and none of them work to show the filename I assign to a new
document based on the normal.dot template. What shows up on
the document is whatever I have shown above as one of the
combinations.

Insight appreciated.

Thanks.

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[Stefan Blom]

How did you insert the field delimiters, { }? Note that you must add them by
pressing Ctrl+F9; otherwise the code won't work. If you did insert the field
correctly and you are still seeing the field codes, press Alt+F9 to hide
them.

 

[CWLee]

How did you insert the field delimiters, { }? Note that
you must add them by
pressing Ctrl+F9; otherwise the code won't work. If you
did insert the field
correctly and you are still seeing the field codes, press
Alt+F9 to hide
them.

That solved the problem! I would never, in a million years,
found that solution on my own. This is another case where
the Help menus are not very helpful.

Thanks again.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Note, however, that adding anything to the header OR footer in Normal.dot is
not recommended. For one thing, it will mess up labels.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[CWLee]

Note, however, that adding anything to the header OR
footer in Normal.dot is not recommended. For one thing, it
will mess up labels.

I assume you mean printing of labels. Not a problem for me
since I never print labels.

If I leave the normal.dot template as it came from
Microsoft, is there a way for me to change the default
template that is used to open "document1" (etc.) when I
click on new in Word? I use that a lot, and I'd like to
avoid the problem, each time, of changing the fonts in the
body, the header, and the footer.

Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm for
a rundown. You can start Word with a document based on another template
(there are a couple of ways to do this), but the New (FileNewDefault) button
will still open one based on Normal.dot.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[CWLee]

See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm
for a rundown. You can ...

Thanks. That is a VERY helpful document. I wish there were
more of them on similar topics.

Thanks again.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm glad you found it helpful. There are plenty more of that ilk at that Web
site!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org